... All questions concerning the rise of Christianity are one: How was it done? How did a tiny and obscure messianic movement from the edge of the Ro…

- Rodney Stark

People value religion on the basis of cost, and they don't value the cheapest ones the most. Religions that ask nothing get nothing.

- Rodney Stark

Because God is perfect, his handiwork functions in accord with immutable principles. By the full use of our God-given powers of reason and observatio…

- Rodney Stark

It has been said of many modern Christian theologians that their primary aim is to find ways to express disbelief as belief.

- Rodney Stark

That's true that I'm "not religious as that term is conventionally understood," though I've never been an atheist. Atheism is an active faith; it say…

- Rodney Stark

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal belie…

- Rodney Stark

For one, thing, the media are dominated by the irreligious. So are universities.

- Rodney Stark

Although it has been fashionable to deny it, anti-slavery doctrines began to appear in Christian theology soon after the decline of Rome and were acc…

- Rodney Stark

Not only were science and religion compatible, they were inseparable--th e rise of science was achieved by deeply religious Christian scholars.

- Rodney Stark